Pied Piper of Hamelin worksheet

 

Directions: Answer each question with a complete sentence. Incorporate part of the question into the answer. Best answers use lines from the poem as support.

 

  1. What is the setting of this metrical tale? (List place, year, and short description.)

 

  1. Summarize the story in a sentence or two.

 

  1. What is the problem in this narrative poem?

 

  1. What is the one surviving rat’s story? Instead of music, what did he hear?

 

  1. After not being paid, what does the piper do?

 

  1. What is the surviving child’s story? Instead of music, what did he hear?

 

  1. Where do the children go?

 

  1. Do the children ever come home?

 

  1. What is the moral of the story?